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PRESENT-DAY histochemical methods for demonstrating cholinesterases require the use of inhibitors in order to distinguish between acetyl- (that is, true, or specific) cholinesterase (AChE) and butyryl- (non-specific) cholinesterase (ChE). The histochemical technique determines AChE and ChE together, so that if either enzyme is inhibited without the other being affected, only the latter can be determined; thus an inhibitor of ChE makes it possible to determine AChE and vice versa.
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DIEGENBACH, P. Use of Inhibitors in Cholinesterase Histochemistry. Nature 207, 308 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/207308a0
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